VW wants to cut tens of thousands of jobs - now Berlin is getting involved

News38 VW wants to cut tens of thousands of jobs - now Berlin is getting involved Lara Hoffmann • 8 hours • 2 minutes reading time The VW crisis has reached a new level. According to the works council, three plants in Germany are to be closed, tens of thousands of jobs are at risk. Now Berlin is getting involved! Here you can find out what demands individual members of the Bundestag are making of VW. VW crisis: Berlin gets involved "The board wants to close at least three VW plants in Germany," said Group Works Council Chair Daniela Cavallo at an information event for the workforce in Wolfsburg on Monday (October 28). In addition, massive staff cuts and wage cuts are planned. It's no wonder that employees are up to their necks in it, after all, their livelihoods are at stake. Now Berlin is getting involved. The Bundestag is making specific demands on the German car manufacturer. For the German federal government, the matter is clear: VW must keep the jobs, a spokesman said on Monday (October 28). Chancellor Olaf Scholz also has his say. He demands that "possible wrong management decisions from the past must not be to the detriment of employees." All alarm bells are ringing in the SPD The SPD is also taking a clear stance! SPD parliamentary group vice-chair Verena Hubertz warns against drastic job cuts! "If wrong management decisions are made, this must not lead to employees having to pay for them. It is now more than ever that the social partnership at VW must show its effect. I expect the company management to live up to its responsibility for employees in this exceptional situation," she announces. Markus Söder calls for "car Marshall Plan" CSU boss Markus Söder also has clear words to say about the VW crisis: "We need a car Marshall Plan. The development at VW is brutal for Germany as a car manufacturing location, even if management errors have obviously been made." At the same time, he lashes out at the traffic light government. "This is the result of the promised green economic miracle: recession and regression. The Green Deal and the traffic light decisions are costing Europe and Germany their competitiveness," said Söder. The EU and Germany have been weakening the German car industry for years through wrong decisions. (with dpa)